Honor 8X and Honor 8X Max Launched in China with large displays: Price, Specifications and More

Huawei’s sub-brand Honor has today launched two new mid-range smartphones dubbed as Honor 8X and the Honor 8X Max, in China. Both new smartphones feature glass-finish back panel and have dual rear camera setup. Some of the interesting features of the smartphones include Dolby Atmos surround sound backed by stereo speakers, TUV Rheinland-certified blue light protection, and artificial intelligence (AI) powered features to deliver enhanced imaging experience.

Honor 8X and Honor 8X Max Price and Availability

The Honor 8X comes with the price tag of Yuan 1399 ($ 204/ Rs. 14,695 approx.) for the 4GB RAM with 64GB storage version, Yuan ($ 234/ Rs. 16,795 approx.) for the 6GB RAM with 64GB storage variant, and the top-end 6GB RAM with 128GB storage option is priced at Yuan 1899 ($ 278/ Rs. 19,950 approx.). The smartphone will be available for pre-orders from September 6, and sales will commence September 11 via Vmall, Tmall, Suning, and Jingdong. It will be made available in Black, Blue, Red and Purple colour options.

The Honor 8X Max comes with the price tag of Yuan 1499 ($ 219/ Rs. 15,745 approx.) for the 4GB RAM with 64GB storage version, while the 4GB RAM with 128GB storage option is priced at Yuan 1799 ($ 263/ Rs. 18,900 approx.). The smartphone will be available for purchase starting from September 6 via Vmall, Tmall, Suning, and Jingdong. It will be made available in Black, Blue, and Red colour options.

Honor 8X Specifications

The Honor 8X runs on EMUI 8.2 based on Android 8.1 Oreo operating system. It sports a 6.5” Full HD+ (2340 × 1080 pixels) 19:5:9 TFT IPS display with a pixel density of 397ppi. The smartphone is powered by a 2.2GHz HiSilicon Kirin 710F octa-core processor coupled with ARM Mali-G51 MP4 GPU. It offers 4GB RAM with 64GB storage and 6GB RAM with 64GB/128GB internal storage. The storage can be further expanded up to 400GB via microSD card.

For photography, the Honor 8X comes equipped with a dual rear camera setup with a combination of a 20MP primary camera with f/1.8 aperture and 2MP secondary camera to capture depth information. It features 480 fps slow-mo recording and LED flash support for better lowlight capturing. On the front, it has 16MP selfie shooter with f/2.0 aperture.

Honor 8X Max Specifications

The Honor 8X Max runs on EMUI 8.2 based on Android 8.1 Oreo operating system. It sports a 7.12” Full HD+ (2244×1080 pixels) 18.7:9 TFT IPS display with 72 percent NTSC colour gamut and a pixel density of 350ppi. The smartphone is powered by a 1.8GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 octa-core processor coupled with Adreno 509 GPU. It offers 4GB of RAM with 64GB/128GB internal storage. There is another variant as well powered by 2.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 octa-core processor coupled with Adreno 512 GPU. It offers 6GB of RAM with 64GB of internal storage. Internal storage of both the variants can be further expanded up to 256GB via microSD card.

For photography, the Honor 8X Max comes equipped with a dual rear camera setup with a combination of a 16MP primary camera with f/2.0 aperture and 2MP secondary camera with f/2.4 aperture to capture depth information. It features LED flash support for better lowlight capturing. On the front, it has an 8MP selfie shooter with f/2.0 aperture.

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Mohammed Mujtaba khan is an IT professional focused towards the digital world, from past ten years he is been working in many tech companies including Zapak Digital, The Mobile Store, Intel Security Group - McAfee and Tally solutions. In his free time, he loves watching Sci-Fi and fantasy movies.